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      <big><big><big><big><b>OpenSteer </b></big></big><br>
Steering Behaviors for Autonomous Characters </big></big><br>
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      <b>OpenSteer</b> is a C++ library to help construct <a
 href="http://www.red3d.com/cwr/steer/"> steering behaviors</a>
for
autonomous characters in games and animation. In addition to the
library, OpenSteer provides an OpenGL-based application called
OpenSteerDemo which displays predefined demonstrations of steering
behaviors. The user can quickly prototype, visualize, annotate and
debug new steering behaviors by writing a plug-in for OpenSteerDemo. <br>
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OpenSteer provides a toolkit of steering behaviors, defined in
terms of an abstract mobile agent called a "vehicle." Sample code is
provided, including a simple vehicle implementation and examples of
combining simple steering behaviors to produce more complex behavior.
OpenSteer's classes have been designed to flexibly integrate with
existing game engines by either layering or inheritance. <br>
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OpenSteerDemo's plug-in framework allows a game AI programmer
to quickly prototype behaviors during game design, and to develop
behaviors before the main game engine is finished. OpenSteerDemo
allows the user to interactively adjust aspects of the simulation.
The user can: start, stop and single step time, select the
vehicle/<small><small><small> </small></small></small>character/<small><small><small>
      </small></small></small>agent of interest, adjust the camera's
view
and its tracking behavior.
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      <small>Last modified: October 25, 2004</small>
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OpenSteer is distributed as open source software in accordance
with the <a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php">MIT
License</a>. OpenSteer was developed with the generous support
of <a href="http://www.scea.com/">Sony Computer Entertainment
America</a>. OpenSteer is supported on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.
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